The graph shows the changes in the impact factor of Thorax and its the corresponding percentile for the sake of comparison with the entire literature. Impact Factor is the most common scientometric index, which is defined by the number of citations of papers in two preceding years divided by the number of papers published in those years.
How Influential is Thorax?
Thorax is the 3rd out of 17 Pulmonology journals. This means the journal is among the top 18% in the discipline of Pulmonology. This Journal is the 386th out of 15,471 Health Sciences journals. This means the journal is among the top 3% in the science branch of Health Sciences.
How are inpact factors calculated?
The impact factor (IF) is calculated by counting citations from peer-reviewed journals only.
extended IF also counts citations from books and conference papers. However, no patent, abstract, working papers, online documents, etc., are covered.
